Surah An-Nisa 4:42 — translation and meaning

النساء · Verse 42 / 176 · Page 85

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَعَصَوُا الرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّى بِهِمُ الْأَرْضُ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثًا

Word by Word

يَوْمَئِذٍ
yawma-idhin
(On) that Day
يَوَدُّ
yawaddu
will wish
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
وَعَصَوُا
wa'asawu
and disobeyed
الرَّسُولَ
al-rasula
the Messenger
لَوْ
law
if
تُسَوَّى
tusawwa
was leveled
بِهِمُ
bihimu
with them
الْأَرْضُ
al-ardu
the earth
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَكْتُمُونَ
yaktumuna
they will (be able to) hide
اللَّهَ
al-laha
(from) Allah
حَدِيثًا
hadithan
(any) statement

Transliteration

Yawma'iziny yawad dullazeena kafaroo wa'asawur Rasoola law tusawwaa bihimul ardu wa laa yaktumoonal laaha hadeesaa

Translation

That Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allah a [single] statement.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

On that great day, those who disbelieved in Allah and went against His Messenger will wish they were dust and that the earth and they were level. They will not hide anything of what they did from Allah. Allah will seal their mouths so that they cannot speak and will give permission to their limbs to bear witness to what they did.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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